Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “attention”

How Did We Get So Obsessed with Streaks?

annehelen.substack.com/p/how-did-we-get-so-obsessed-with-streaks

Good and bad gamification with Adrian Hon

The productivity tax you pay for context switching

async.twist.com/context-switching/

How distraction became our default way of working and what you can do to reclaim your focus

Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2022/08/07/opinion/media-message-twitter-instagram.html

how to stop being "terminally online" | nights's blog

nights.bearblog.dev/how-to-stop-being-terminally-online/

has something being present on social media (a frequently talked about movie, author, or political viewpoint, for example) ever made you come to the conclusion that it is just as present in "real life"? is this actually true?

Human Attention has become a Marxist commodity — Matthew Eric Bassett, Ph.D.

mebassett.info/human-attention-commodity

Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen | Psychology | The Guardian

theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/attention-span-focus-screens-apps-smartphones-social-media

iOS 15, Humane

potential.app/ios-15-humane

12 Life Lessons From Mathematician and Philosopher Gian-Carlo Rota – Farnam Street

fs.blog/2021/02/gian-carlo-rota/

The benefits of boredom - Austin Kleon

austinkleon.com/2015/12/17/the-benefits-of-boredom/

Attention is your scarcest resource | benkuhn.net

benkuhn.net/attention/

How I Got My Attention Back — by Craig Mod

craigmod.com/essays/how_i_got_my_attention_back/

There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking at your phone. And yet so few of us choose to do so. Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape.